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Old 09-26-2012, 02:59 PM   #1
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Kindle new/old combo format

I apologise if this has been addressed before but I cannot find anything on it.

I have updated my kindle 3 to the new v3.4 firmware but have family members that have older Kindles. I would like to produce ebooks that can be read on all the devices. I think they are call combo files i.e. I understand that the Kindle reading device would select either the old MOBI or the new AZW depending on what it can understand.

Can someone tell me what settings I have to change in Calibre to get the new combo files into one book and also what extension would result?

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Preferences -> Output Options -> MOBI Output -> Kindle options -> set 'MOBI file type' to 'both'.

They'll still be .mobi files.
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Thank you.

It's so simple when you know how. I did look but I guess I'm having too many senior moments these days.
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Thank you.

It's so simple when you know how. I did look but I guess I'm having too many senior moments these days.
Keep in mind that your Kindle will choose the new format book due to firmware 3.4, and it will NOT produce a mbp file to track your reading progress. It'll use a han file instead.
So if you use Calibre's Fetch Annotations, you might want to stick with the old format only.
I had to since I use Fetch Annotations a lot.
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Keep in mind that your Kindle will choose the new format book due to firmware 3.4, and it will NOT produce a mbp file to track your reading progress. It'll use a han file instead.
So if you use Calibre's Fetch Annotations, you might want to stick with the old format only.
I had to since I use Fetch Annotations a lot.
Cheers,
Thank you for that, I have been going crazy trying to figure out why some books create a HAN and some a MBP.
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Thank you for that, I have been going crazy trying to figure out why some books create a HAN and some a MBP.
Hi nynaevelan
You should have seen/heard me saturday when I discovered mbp file was gone from the book I'd read during the week
I was SO scared that I had messed up big time by upgrading to FW 3.4
Did some experiments sunday, and concluded as I described. No one has corrected me so far, so I just could be right. I wonder why I had to try the new combi format
Just curious I guess, but ... forgot all about after 1 nights sleep
Have a nice weekend,
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